Ducks Down Pacific in Regular Season Finale

Friday, April 12

Davis, CA

10:00 AM

University of Oregon

UC Davis

Photo by: Samuel Marshall

04/13/19 | Women's Beach Volleyball

By: Nate Krueger

DAVIS, Calif. – The Oregon beach volleyball team wrapped its regular season schedule on Saturday with a 4-1 win over Pacific, reaching the four-win mark for the first time in program history.

The Ducks (4-9-1) finished a 1-1-1 weekend in Davis, Calif., falling to UC Davis, 3-2, in the first of two matches on Friday before finishing the second match in a 2-2 tie.

Oregon's top pair of Brooke Nuneviller and Lindsey Vander Weide went 3-0 on the weekend, improving to 10-4 this season and setting the UO single-season and career records for wins by a pair. The duo has won six straight matches, breaking another UO record. Vander Weide is Oregon's all-time individual wins leader with 19 in her career.

How it Happened: The Ducks won on four of five courts against Pacific to lock up their fourth victory, including a pair of three-set wins. Nuneviller and Vander Weide rolled to a 21-15, 21-14 win at the top court, and the freshman duo of Elise Ferreira and Carly Wallace dominated at the No. 5 court, 25-14, 25-14.

But it was the two three-set victories that made the difference in Oregon closing its regular season on a high note. Seniors August Raskie and Maddy Silberger-Franek, playing together for the third time this season, pulled out a 21-7, 15-21, 15-6 win on the second court, and the pair of Josie Cole and Ally Haden secured a 21-9, 19-21, 15-10 win at No. 4. Pacific outlasted Lauren Page and Emily Mattoon in a thrilling match on No. 3, 20-22, 21-13, 17-15, to put a point on the board.

The Ducks played well in their first match against UC Davis on Friday, but fell just short of the win. Nuneviller and Vander Weide dominated at No. 1 and Raskie and Silberger-Franek rolled to a win on court two, but UC Davis won on straight sets on courts four and five. The match hung on court three, where Page and Mattoon fell just short in a three-set battle, 20-22, 21-15, 15-9.

Some tough circumstances prevented Oregon from a win in the second match on Friday, which ended in a 2-2 tie. Raskie and Silberger-Franek won the first set on No. 2, 21-16, and trailed 16-13 in the second set when an injury halted play, and the officials ultimately suspended the No. 2 match with no team point awarded. The Ducks won on courts one and four, but UC Davis pulled out victories on three and five to finish the match in a tie.

Up Next: The Ducks will head to Tucson, Ariz., on April 25 to compete at the Pac-12 Championship.

Friday (Match 1) – UC Davis 3, Oregon 2
1. Nuneviller/Vander Weide (UO) def. Matias/Seslar (UCD), 21-11, 21-15
2. Raskie/Silberger-Franek (UO) def. Bowman/Ough (UCD), 21-12, 21-14
3. Reed/Schroeder (UCD) def. Mattoon/Page (UO), 20-22, 21-15, 15-9
4. Holscher/Kedeshian (UCD) def. Cole/Haden (UO), 22-20, 21-8
5. Andrade/Reyes (UCD) def. Ferreira/Wallace (UO), 21-18, 21-15

Friday (Match 2) – Oregon 2, UC Davis 2
1. Nuneviller/Vander Weide (UO) def. Bowman/Ough (UCD), 21-15, 21-12
2. Raskie/Silberger-Franek (UO) vs. Matias/Seslar (UCD), 21-16, 13-16, susp.
3. Reed/Schroeder (UCD) def. Mattoon/Page (UO), 21-15, 21-17
4. Cole/Haden (UO) def. Holscher/Kedeshian (UCD), 18-21, 21-13, 15-6
5. Andrade/Reyes (UCD) def. Ferreira/Wallace (UO), 21-14, 21-19

Saturday – Oregon 4, Pacific 1
1. Nuneviller/Vander Weide (UO) def. Holt/Leo (UP), 21-15, 21-14
2. Raskie/Silberger-Franek (UO) def. Carpenter/Kaminsky (UP), 21-7, 15-21, 15-6
3. Dennemann/Patterson (UP) def. Mattoon/Page (UO), 20-22, 21-13, 17-15
4. Cole/Haden (UO) def. Cline/De Schrijver (UP), 21-9, 19-21, 15-10
5. Ferreira/Wallace (UO) def. Bethea/Tubbs (UP), 21-14, 21-14